Choose an animal or plant describe at least 3 adaptations it has.

Use the following words:

suited , adaptations, species, adapted, environment, habitat, structures, skills , abilities.

Provide a picture of its habitat.

What does it eat?

What are its predators?

How does it move, get food, stay warm or cool, find shelter or protection, sense its surroundings?

Explain why it considered to be alive.

Could this organism survive in another environment? Why or why not?

You will be collecting photos of the organism that you choose. You will gather information about the organism's adaptations.

Use photos and the information you found to create a story on Voicethread.

The stories will be published here on this page when the projects are complete.
You will be marked on the clarity of your voice, your choice of photos and that you include all of the information required above.

Resources: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/critter_categories.html#2

http://www.enature.com/home/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

http://www.mbayaq.org/efc/living_species/default.asp

White Tigers: http://www.indiantiger.org/white-tigers/white-tiger-facts.html

Tiger Sharks : http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sharks/FS_Tiger.htm

Anaconda: http://www.nashvillezoo.org/anaconda.htm

Praying Mantis: http://dnr.state.il.us/lands/education/classrm/wingleg/mantis.htm
http://www.wildwatch.com/living_library/other-2/praying-mantis

Iguana: http://www.thewildones.org/Animals/iguana.html
http://whozoo.org/Intro98/cathjenk/cathjenk.htm

Moose: http://www.saskschools.ca/~gregory/animals/moose.html

Grizzly Bear: http://www.makalapa.k12.hi.us/Makalapa_Folder/HTML/adapt&survive/ca/grizzlies.html

Koala : https://www.savethekoala.com/koalasphysic.html
Black Bears : http://www.hww.ca/hww2.asp?id=83

Bald Eagle: http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/bald_eagle_deciduous.htm

Gray Wolf: http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/gray_wolf.htm

For photos

http://www.flickr.com/

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

http://www.morguefile.com/

http://www.pics4learning.com/?view=sub&cat=Animals http://images.fws.gov/ http://www.copyrightfreephotos.com/gallery/animals/ http://www.everystockphoto.com/results.php?seed=nature Last option: Search google images Steps: 1. Select your organism

2. Collect pictures to help you tell your story about the organism. Save the pictures in a file on your computer.

3. Copy and paste the photos into Smartnotebook.

4. Plan what you will say for each photo, be sure you use all the required vocabulary and answer all the questions.

5. Begin your voicethread presentation